At the 14th annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium May 12-13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, I polled the audience to learn how many send out letters to physicians to acknowledge excellent care identified from case reviews. Although The Greeley Company has been...
Hospitalists' role within the healthcare environment has evolved significantly over the past several years. Hospitalists, who once worked exclusively in family and internal medicine, now provide services in several specialty areas.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a circuit court's decision to grant partial summary judgment to Ajdahan Bicak, MD, who was sued by Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas. When Bicak notified Mercy that he intended to open his own practice in early 2008, Mercy sued him...
Colette Whitby, MD, sued Dr. John Warner Hospital after her employment was terminated due to lack of funding. In February 2011, Earl Sheehy, CEO and a member of the hospital's board of directors, informed Whitby that he would likely not be able to include her services in the...
In May, CMS issued final rules regarding the manner in which hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) can privilege telemedicine providers, laying to rest a long debate.